I guess quite a lot of schools do it, half decent public schools on up. I can't really say if it's taken seriously by all because generally when it gets down, closer to the state wide rounds the bulk of public schools get kicked out...and NYC schools in general don't seem to pull through. I do know that in some schools the competition is in coordination with a class that a student is taking, but at my school it's strictly an extracurricular. I guess the extent of how much the law firm you're with is willing to do for is another factor. Our lawyers just basically proof read and run practice sessions, they don't actually help us write anything...nor do they make us present the case based on their ideas...since there are usually multiple ways to go about it...
I do know that this year, everything is more structured, so maybe we'll advance further, who knows...people are actually doing their work, except for our favorite senior, who is visiting colleges? Why he is is beyond me, because I would have sworn apps are in by now...I mean, a couple of people already got in ED. Coluuuumbiiiia! <333 The lawyers at the firm were like "Why are you even here?" Yeeeaa...it's a nice smack on your personal statement I guess. Then again, I don't think any of the academic teams at my school are taken all that seriously...we just somehow luck out because the people at my school are usually intelligent in comparison to other city school kids, which isn't saying that much on a national scale.
No, I don't think this would be helpful for law school at all...colleges, sure...
Go fill out that app, TIFF!
Updated On: 2/4/06 at 08:40 PM